A Rain Garden or "bioretention basin" is a vegetated depression in an urban landscape that collects, treats, and recharges storm water into the ground. Because it is a garden as much as it is a ...

Rain gardens are considered a good way to help manage rainwater runoff by capturing and filtering it before it enters storm drains or waterways. But Radnor officials say seven rain gardens in the ...

“The goal of a rain garden is really about infiltrating runoff from from whatever buildings or hardscapes are around it,” Russel adds. In an urban or suburban setting, hard surfaces like ...

Including more rain gardens in urban infrastructure projects can help offset the impediments that impervious cover (ie. concrete, roads, buildings) create in the natural water cycle. Thus, with more ...

The attribute gives them the name "dry basins." A rain garden is a type of small retention basin. Wet detention basins are sometimes welcomed in urban communities because the fresh body of water can ...

In the meantime, Treme residents are getting creative with how to address urban flooding themselves. Austin points to the rain garden outside of her office. Rain gardens are designed to capture ...